Committee on the Rights of the Child
Decision adopted by the Committee under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure in respect of communication No. 9/2017 *
Communication submitted by:M.E.B.
Alleged victim:The author
State party:Spain
Date of communication:1 February 2017
Subject matter:Requirement for the author, as an alleged unaccompanied migrant child, to undergo a medical age-determination test, and detention in a centre for migrant adults.
Meeting on 2 June 2017, the Committee on the Rights of the Child, having considered the author’s representative’s request for discontinuance, decided to discontinue the consideration of communication No. 9/2017, in accordance with rule 26 of its rules of procedure under the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure.